Anti-LGBTQ+ group asks Supreme Court to fast-track national blanket trans sports ban

An emergency appeal is raising concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court could soon rush a decision on transgender athletes’ participation in sports through its shadow docket.This month, the right-wing Alliance Defending Freedom filed an emergency application for an injunction, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in K.M.K. v. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. The application seeks relief while an appeal proceeds or, alternatively, expedited Supreme Court review.That could mean a complicated issue driving political debate in Democratic- and Republican-controlled states could be addressed before the underlying case has undergone a full trial and appeals process. The shadow docket lets the justices consider emergency requests outside their regular briefing and oral-argument schedule. Such requests can produce consequential rulings while factual and legal disputes remain unresolved.Related: Supreme Court trans sports ruling sparks red state crackdown and blue state resistanceThe ADF, once an employer of U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, has challenged LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections in cases involving everything from designing websites for same-sex couples to access to bathrooms and locker rooms.In its latest filing, the ADF wants the high court to intervene in a case involving a female wrestler who alleges a transgender opponent sexually assaulted her during a match. Though court documents identify her only as K.M.K., Kallie Keeler and her mother spoke to Fox News about the allegation. She told the outlet she found out her opponent was trans only after the match was already over.Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel Hal Frampton told OutKick that the organization’s broader goal is a ruling that Title IX requires a female sports category that excludes transgender girls and women.Related: States can ban transgender women and girls from sports, according to U.S. Supreme Court“The hope would be then that that would force all 23 of those sta